No. 21, a brass at St. Mary Quay, Ipswich, 1525 (Boutell's Brasses, p. 132).
Also on a seal, 1575 (engraved, Miscell. Genealogica et Heraldica, vol. ii, p. 170).
Also on a seal, 1578, in Oliver Vredius (Seals of the Counts of Flanders).
Again in a grant of arms, 1715 (Miscell. Genealogica et Heraldica, second series, vol. i, p. 188).
A ledger at Kelston churchyard, Gibbes quartering Harrington and Specott, 1730 (engraved in Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica for Jan., 1884).
Thus showing that its present use so extensively by the College of Arms is a return to an old pattern existing at any rate since 1509.
Shields very similar occur in The Ancient Order of Prince Arthure, published by R. Robinson, 1583; also in Sylvanus Morgan's Sphere of Gentry, 1661; while the College of Arms shield No. 22 appears in the Great Seal of Edward VI., 1547.
This group, therefore, extends from about 1500 to the present day.